Background
Jonas, Joan was born in 1936 in New York, Bachelor of Arts Art History, Mount Holyoke College, 1958.
(This catalogue documents the Joan Jonas performance - The...)
This catalogue documents the Joan Jonas performance - The Shape, the Scent, the Feel of Things - which responds to German art historian Aby Warburg's essay about his visit to the American Southwest. It includes Jonas's artist statement, scene by scene descriptions with photos, a conversation between Joan Jonas and Jason Moran (who had composed music for the performance), and an essay by Lynne Cooke, curator of the Dia Art Foundation.
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Jonas, Joan was born in 1936 in New York, Bachelor of Arts Art History, Mount Holyoke College, 1958.
Bachelor in Art History, Mount Holyoke College, 1958. Studied Sculpture, Boston Museum Fine Arts, 1958—1961. Master of Fine Arts in Sculpture, Columbia University, 1965.
Joined faculty Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2000, professor department architecture, professor, acting director visual arts program.
(This catalogue documents the Joan Jonas performance - The...)
Married Gerald Jonas, 1959.